Economic diversity and student outcomes at Cal State, Fresno

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Economic diversity and student outcomes at

California State University, Fresno

Fresno, California

The median family income of a student from Cal State, Fresno is $62,400, and 28% come from the top 20 percent. About 4.2% of students at Cal State, Fresno came from a poor family but became a rich adult.

A new study, based on millions of anonymous tax records, shows that some colleges are even more economically segregated than previously understood, while others are associated with income mobility.

Below, estimates of how Cal State, Fresno compares with its peer schools in economic diversity and student outcomes.

Family income vs. student income at age 34

The chart below shows how Cal State, Fresno and its peer schools are comparing with the remaining schools analyzed in the study. You can click on any point in the chart to navigate to that school.

How access at Cal State, Fresno has changed

Peer schools are shown in yellow

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Bottom 60%

Top 20%

Top 10%

Top 1%

Note: California State University, Fresno includes data for the following colleges:

The estimates presented here are based on millions of anonymous tax filings and tuition records. These statistics cover only schools that participate in Title IV federal funding, which excludes the military academies and certain other colleges.

Measures of access are for students born in 1991, roughly the class of 2013; measures of outcomes and mobility are for students born between 1980 and 1982, who are around age 35, when relative income ranks stabilizes.

Class size figures represent the number of students in the study who were born in 1991: approximately the class of 2013 or today's 25-year-olds. This measure does not include international students or students who could not be linked to their parents' tax returns.

The athletic conferences listed here are meant to be a helpful way to compare colleges with their peers. They are incomplete for some conferences. Only one conference is displayed for each college.

Source: “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility”, by Raj Chetty, John Friedman, Emmanuel Saez, Nicholas Turner and Danny Yagan, The Equality of Opportunity Project